put me in the category that usc didn't exactly deserve what they got. for that matter how in the heck is any college coach suppose to stop one of his players from taking money. it is impossible to police all your players. if reggie bush doesn't get greedy and pays his first agent the money he owed him none of the use stuff would of become public knowledge.

Posted by cravedogg on 8/20/2012 3:38:00 PM (view original):put me in the category that usc didn't exactly deserve what they got. for that matter how in the heck is any college coach suppose to stop one of his players from taking money. it is impossible to police all your players. if reggie bush doesn't get greedy and pays his first agent the money he owed him none of the use stuff would of become public knowledge.

well they got hit with lack of institutional control which means it was more than just a player taking some cash. I mean look at Ohio State, it didn't even get hit with that and there were multiple players getting improper benefits. There must have been something with Bush that should have alerted the school something was going on. I think it also doesn't help that the basketball program had issues at the same time.

What, exactly, is the NCAA supposed to do when a player is getting paid? Wouldn't every program say "It's impossible to police all these guys"?

I agree that it's damn near impossible. However, when someone gets caught, you have to punish the program. And it needs to be a pretty severe punishment in order to discourage other schools from letting it happen.

Its going to be a long season. And its going to get worse before it gets better. Remember, PSU students are allowed free transfer until the beginning of next year. They went the solidarity route this year because there just wasn't enough time for most players to go to another school, learn the system, and make an impact. If this is what the current team is going to provide, I'd expect a mass exodus after the season is over. In a couple years, they might be excited to lead Ohio at halftime.

Posted by MikeT23 on 7/24/2012 9:10:00 AM (view original):From a football standpoint, they got crushed. Essentially recruiting is dead for the next three years. With the expected exodus of the lower classmen(why would they stick around knowing they'll never win or play in a bowl?), PSU is looking at 3-9 seasons for the next 5-7 seasons. Then they can start rebuilding the program. But it will never be the same as it was in the 80s. Of course, after this season, they'll still make a lot of money because PSU fans are still going to be PSU fans. They may curse Sandusky and even speak ill of Paterno but alumni and State College residents aren't going to turn their back on the program.

From a human standpoint, nothing was really going to "enough" or actually "undo" the damage. The people involved in the cover-up will go to jail, if they don't take the easy way out and die first, but that doesn't change what happened. The victims always have to live with the crime.